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“Meta serial killer thriller plus interview and short stories by Shintaro Kago.”
Fraction
フラクション
6.73
14,319 rank · 9,215 readers · 87 favorites
Psychological
Horror
Mystery
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Synopsis
Meta serial killer thriller plus interview and short stories by Shintaro Kago.
The first half of the book is made up by the titular story, a serial killer thriller that gets all kinds of meta and crazy as it progresses. The second half of the book consists of a short interview with Kago (and Ryuichi Kasumi, a Japanese crime fiction writer) and a number of short stories. (Source: Caterpillar)
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Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
7.7
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 0.94
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.94 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.67
Running avg · Feb 2019 → Apr 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “This manga offers an intriguing deconstruction of the conventions of the mystery genre, along with a fascinating metanarrative that defies expectations. It's surprising to see how Kago explores...”
- 7 “The first story in this is definitely what I expect from ero-guro artists this early into reading them. It's gory, it's messed up but it's also extremely clever in the way that Kago creates his...”
- 9 “My first foray into Kago Shintarou's work, as well as into the eroguro-horror genre in general. I picked this up late at night thinking: how bad can a manga really be?, at most it's just images on...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 67%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 12 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 36m approx
- Published Jan 2009 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M18118 catalog